Wang Aoxiu said: "Lord Song, I told you about the matter, and please don't say it before tomorrow." ”

"Four days ago, on the day the Queen Mother came, my father was in the office. It was a coincidence that day, usually he had two entourages around him, and the sedan chair man was waiting at the side door of the back ya, and the two little guys that day, one did not follow with diarrhea, and the other went back to get something at that time. ”

"My father left the public house alone and went to the side door to sit in a sedan chair."

"It's only half a cup of tea."

"The sedan chair man waited outside for a cup of tea, and when he went back to get it, he saw a shoe and an official hat by the door, and he hurriedly checked with the two sedan chair drivers, and he didn't see my father on either side."

At that time, it was completely dark, and Wangmao searched the yamen, but there was nothing. The palanquin driver came back to call us, and we also looked for it when we arrived, but we didn't find it. ”

"The next morning, I saw a letter in my yard," Wang Aoxiu did not take out the letter, and then dictated to Song Ning, "The letter said that you are not allowed to report to the official, otherwise you will kill my father immediately." Lord Song, it's not that we don't report to the official, but we don't dare to report it. ”

"But we can't help but look for it, so after discussion, we went to find Longxingda. They were not allowed to report to the official, but they did not say that they could not report to Long Xingda. ”

"In the past few days, we have been looking for it with Long Xingda, both inside and outside the city."

"Tomorrow noon is the deadline. Tomorrow at noon, we will wrap the 200,000 taels of bearer silver tickets in black cloth and put them at the door of the land temple in the east of the city, and press them with stones. ”

"When they get the money, they tell them where my father is. As soon as one of their brothers was caught or found out to be a trap, they killed my father immediately. ”

After Wang Aoxiu finished speaking, he looked at Song Ning and said, "Lord Song, the process is like this." ”

"Lord Song, don't meddle in this matter, what if you let the kidnappers know and kill my father?" Wang Aoxiu said.

Song Ning frowned lightly.

"Lord Song, isn't he bent on going his own way and disregarding Lord Wang's life and death, and wants to meddle in this kidnapping case, right?" Cheng Zhi looked at him.

The people of the Wang family all looked at Song Ning, their faces were very nervous.

"The hats and shoes left behind, the ransom letters and objects sent are to be shown to the officials." Song Ning said.

The faces of the Wang family fell.

"Lord Song, the other party won't let us report to the official, it's better for you not to interfere, if it's because of you, my father has a bad pool, you can't bear this responsibility." Wang Aoxiu said.

Wang Aoxiu's younger brother Wang Aojin also echoed: "We understand Lord Song's kindness, we are willing to take money to keep my father safe in this kidnapping case." ”

The Wang family is from a businessman's background, and Mrs. Wang's maiden family is also a rich party, so it is really not difficult to get 200,000 taels.

"Okay." Song Ning got up and glanced at everyone, "For the sake of me and Lord Wang being colleagues, I wish you all the best." ”

"If it doesn't go well, you're welcome to come and ask me."

"Ah, the case fee will be very high then." Song Ning went out with her hands, but Mrs. Wang didn't want to offend her, because she saw with her own eyes how the Queen Mother praised the Yang family.

The Yang family is just a godmother that Song Shi'an recognized outside.

"If we encounter difficulties, we will go and ask Lord Song again." Mrs. Wang said.

Song Ning waved his hand and said, "Farewell." ”

As soon as Song Ning left, I don't know who sneered in the flower hall, Cheng Zhidao: "This matter is not trivial, and I don't know who reached his ears, if the kidnappers know, it will be troublesome." ”

"There's no other way now, let's continue to discuss the ransom tomorrow." Wang Aojin said to everyone.

Cheng Zhi looked at the side door, and his heart was quite happy.

I have known Song Ning for so long, and this is the first time I have seen Song Ning suffer.

"It's right to suffer a loss, this is the mansion of the second-grade master, not a place where you can make a splash of power." Cheng Zhizhi, "And wait for Lord Wang to come back, how to clean you up." ”

When Song Ning went home, he originally wanted to find Zhao Yi to run and give him acupuncture by the way, but he still decided to give it a try first, and after a few stitches, he actually went to bed early and slept until dawn.

The next morning, he continued to bang on the door and dragged Zhao Yi up to run.

Zhao Yi looked at her with a slumped face and asked, "Why didn't you come last night?" ”

"Lord Wang, I found a good way, I tried it last night, and the effect was remarkable, I will try it for you tonight." Song Ning said.

Zhao Yi smiled: "So, you went out last night for me?" ”

"That's that, Lord Wang, you need to know how good Weichen is to you." Song Ning said, "Quick, run, don't have the good intentions of Weichen." ”

Zhao Yi smiled and changed his clothes, and the two of them came back after running for half an hour, and boxed in the yard again.

"Is the Queen Mother leaving today?"

"Hmm." Zhao Yi said, "When you get up, you should go back." ”

Song Ning asked, "Are you going back to the capital?" ”

Zhao Yi wiped her sweat: "I don't know, no one can call the shots for this kind of thing." ”

He thought the Queen Mother would go to play.

"I'll go back to showering." Zhao Yi wants to go back.

Song Ning had breakfast, and the Queen Mother drove back to Beijing.

Song Ning followed Zhao Yi to send the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother lifted the curtain and looked at her meaningfully and put the curtain down.

Song Ning didn't understand the meaning of her glance, so he simply didn't delve into it.

Hundreds of officials in Jinan Mansion were also sent outside the city, and they waited for the carriages and horses to go away before returning.

"Why didn't Lord Wang come?" Some people didn't see Wang Fuxian, and they couldn't help but be surprised.

"Lord Wang went on a business trip and didn't come back today." Someone answered.

If you don't know, even if you get an explanation for this, if you know, you think it's strange, Lord Wang is basically returning to Beijing on a business trip, but in the past few days, I haven't heard Wang Fuxian leave Jinan Mansion at all.

What are you doing, you don't even want to send the Queen Mother.

Everyone discussed, dispersed and went back to their respective yamen.

Song Ning went to the Yamen with everyone, because Ma Santong left, and this side of Beiping Road was suddenly deserted, and even Wuxian, who was chattering all day long, was not there.

Even Ma Liu and a few people got signs to go out to work.

"You're not going to do things?" Zhao Yi looked at her, "Even if you don't handle the case, won't you go to the academy?" ”

Song Yuanshi also looked at her curiously: "Are you waiting for someone?" ”

"I'm waiting for Wang Fuxian's family." Song Ning told them about Wang Fuxian's abduction.

Zhao Yi sneered: "It's strange that he didn't come to send the Queen Mother because he had the guts." ”

"It turns out that life and death are uncertain."

Song Yuanshi asked, "Are you sure they can't save people after paying the ransom?" ”

"I don't think they can save it."

Song Ning said: "A normal kidnapping case, how can it give them such a long time to find someone." On the premise of knowing that their family could easily come up with 200,000 taels, they also gave plenty of time. ”

There are only two explanations. One is that the kidnappers decided that even if they were given time, they would not be able to find out where the hostages were. ”

"The second is that this time 200,000 taels is just a temptation, and after they get the money, they will continue to ask for money."

Song Yuanshi laughed: "So you decided to wait for the Wang family to come today?" ”

"Hmm. until they wept bitterly and knelt before me and begged me. ”

"Then let's wait together, maybe the political envoy of Shandong will be replaced." Zhao Yi said, "I think about it, do I need to do something." ”

Song Ning and Song Yuanshi both looked at Zhao Yi in surprise.

"Is the prince ready to play the government?" Song Ning said in surprise, "Are you planning to be a real prince?" ”

Zhao Yi glanced at her and said, "When am I not the real prince?" ”

"Does the prince want to run Jinan Mansion?" Song Yuanshi asked.

However, if you run Jinan Mansion, you will not be able to say anything about the appointment and dismissal of the political envoy of Shandong.

He wants to run Shandong.

"Wait until this Wang Fuxian is dead, and then discuss the business matter, otherwise you have to do more things." Zhao Yi understated it.

Song Ning gave Zhao Yi a thumbs up and said, "The prince is amazing!" ”

Zhao Yi replied to her: "You're polite." ”

The three of them chatted, and after lunch at noon, Zheng Hongshen invited Song Ning to have a luncheon, but Song Ning didn't go, and Song Yuanshi came back and said that it was mainly about the Queen Mother's coming and going, as well as the matter of the Women's Academy.

At noon, the Wang family really came.

It was Mrs. Wang who came in from the door with a mother-in-law, and when she saw Song Ning's face was very embarrassed, she said to Song Ning: "Lord Song is like a god, the ransom was paid, but my lord did not come back." ”

"Not only that, but the other party also left a letter, asking us to prepare another 500,000 taels, which will still be placed in the land temple outside the city in the middle of the night today."

took 200,000 taels, and continued to ask for 500,000 taels.

"Can't you get 500,000 taels from your family?" Song Ning went out and asked.

Mrs. Wang looked at Song Ning pleadingly, and said, "500,000 yuan has to write a letter back to my parents' house, but it must be too late, and ...... Could this be a bottomless pit? ”

"Also, the letter they left behind has a strand of my lord's hair in it, and this is already the second strand of hair, I'm afraid they will be unfavorable to my lord."

I don't know if I have anything to eat, whether I have slept or whether I have been beaten.

In short, one more day of delay is more dangerous.

"Madame, can you tell me why you didn't report to the official when you first received the letter saying not to report to the official, but you decided to report to Longxingda?" Song Ning asked her.

Mrs. Wang thought that she was still because of her words last night, and felt that as a family member of an official, she actually didn't believe in the government and went to report to Long Xingda.

"It's true that Longxingda is not an official government, and we need help from others, but it doesn't go against their will."

"My family's Ao Jin said that this is a loophole, not a violation of their will."

Song Ning bowed slightly, and said, "This official has to think about it, after all, ......"

Before she finished speaking, she saw Mrs. Wang's body shaking, her eyes rolling, and she fell straight back.

"Ma'am." The mother-in-law she brought hurriedly grabbed her arm so that she didn't fall down, and Song Ning went over to help Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang leaned on her mother-in-law and sat on the ground.